Nature conservation - Bavaria urges the federal government to make it easier to shoot wolves
Bavaria wants to use a motion in the Bundesrat to urge the federal government to make it easier to shoot wolves in Germany. "The federal government has a duty here to create the legal basis by classifying the wolf in a favorable conservation status," said Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters), the Minister of Economic Affairs responsible for hunting, on Tuesday after the cabinet meeting in Munich. He referred to other European countries such as Sweden, where wolves are hunted "although the population there is significantly lower with a larger land area".
Bavaria has long been calling for a different approach to wolves, which were previously considered strictly protected. "Here, the federal government is ideologically standing in the way of pragmatic solutions in the interests of agriculture," emphasized Aiwanger. In its Bundesrat motion, the Free State also calls on the federal government to advocate a lower protection status for wolves at EU level.
"So far, not a single wolf has been taken in Bavaria due to a regulation, because it has always been legally prevented," said Aiwanger. The federal government must transpose EU nature conservation law into national law so that regionally differentiated population management is possible in Germany. This would facilitate the removal of wolves. The initiative is to be submitted to the Bundesrat this week.
At the conference of environment ministers in Münster at the beginning of December, the federal and state governments had actually agreed on simpler options for shooting wolves. Bavaria had also agreed to the proposals of Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens), but at the same time criticized that the regulations did not go far enough.
Specifically, the resolution of the Conference of Environment Ministers (UMK) requires that wolves must have killed livestock despite the existence of herd protection measures such as fences before they can be shot. In addition, the federal states are to be able to define certain regions with an increased number of wolf killings, in which a DNA analysis does not have to be awaited before shooting.
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- Hubert Aiwanger, the Free Voters' Minister of Economic Affairs responsible for hunting in Bavaria, believes that the federal government should classify wolves in a favorable conservation status according to European science.
- In Sweden, where the wolf population is lower with a larger land area, wolves are still hunted, serving as an example for Germany's Nature conservation strategies.
- Aiwanger mentioned that the federal government is obstructing effective Nature conservation solutions in Germany's agricultural sector, due to its ideological stance.
- Bavaria's Bundesrat motion also advocates for a lower protection status for wolves at the EU level, influencing future European policies regarding Animal protection.
- The Federal Government must transpose EU nature conservation law into the German legal system to allow for regionally differentiated population management of wolves.
- Aiwanger emphasized that, until now, no wolf has been shot in Bavaria due to regulations, as the legal barriers have consistently prevented it.
- The initiative to submit the Bundesrat motion is due this week, pressing the Federal Government to act effectively in addressing the issue of wolf management in Germany.
- In Munich, Cabinet discussions focused on Nature conservation, specifically the push for more flexibility in dealing with the wolf population, as directed by the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Hubert Aiwanger.
Source: www.stern.de
